Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Taxing Times

For the March Art Poll By Bob, I asked you to rock out and answer the following question, “Which of these famous statues of antiquity makes you get all old school?” You picked the Nike of Samothrace (3rd century BCE) over Laocoon and his Sons (2nd or 1st century BCE) 17 to 16. Dying Gaul (3rd century BCE) came in third with 10 votes, just ahead of the Venus de Milo (2nd century BCE) with 9. The Barberini Faun (3rd century BCE) held fifth place by itself with 5 votes, while Antinous Mondragone (130 CE), Apollo Belvedere (4th century BCE), Belvedere Torso (2nd century BCE), and Farnese Hercules (3rd century CE) shared a four-way tie for sixth place with a single vote each. Satyr or Faun of Praxiteles (2nd century BCE) brought up the rear with 0 votes. Thanks to everyone who played along.

For April, in honor of the United States looming tax return deadline on April 15th, I’ve decided to ask the following question, “Which of these following money- or tax-related works brings you the most to account?”:

No complicated forms, W2s, or math involved—just sum up the energy to pick your favorite. Unlike the IRS, I’ll even give you until the end of the month to file. Don’t be greedy, just vote for your favorite.

3 comments:

My first visit and what an amazing array you present. Thank You for all the delight present. I am new to blogger as of January 25, 2009. We weave common threads. Yours is a full cloak, mine is the placing of the warp and weft.

It's all in fun, I guess, but putting up images about usury and christ driving the moneylenders from the temple as potential images for tax time strikes kind of a sour note! I mean, we are just starting the process of cleaning up the mess and the devastation of the bush years. The dead-ender right wing talking points of late have included a lot of incitement to anger over taxes (dredging up the old "tax & spend liberal" accusation even now, in the face of the facts.) Couple that with the angry christian ferver that the right pols and pundits have been tapping for the last decade and more and somehow whipping out those images (christ & the money lenders) as a complement to the day we contribute a share of our income to keeping our larger community afloat seems off to me. I'm sure it was innocent on your part! The moneylenders stuff maybe would suit the theme of AIG or something, but it's not the same as taxation.

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